Trump plans Israel, Egypt journey earlier than Charlie Kirk medal ceremony

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President Donald Trump stated Friday he plans to journey to Israel and Egypt earlier than shortly returning to Washington, D.C., to honor the late Charlie Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award.

Talking to reporters within the Oval Office , Trump stated he'll deal with Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, after which go to Cairo as a part of a visit marking the historic peace deal he secured between Israel and Hamas. He's anticipated to return to the White Home to honor Kirk on Tuesday, Oct. 14 — which might have been the conservative activist’s thirty second birthday.

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"It is not straightforward for me to get again. It is a very fast journey, however I will be making two main stops, after which I will be on the aircraft making an attempt to get again in time for Charlie," Trump stated Friday. "They are going to have an incredible celebration on the White Home — within the East Room of the White Home."

President Donald Trump speaks within the Oval Workplace of the White Home on Friday. (Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures)

The President will arrive in Israel early Monday, the place he's anticipated to ship an deal with on the Knesset and meet with lately freed hostages, an Israeli official informed The Times of Israel . Beneath the peace deal, Hamas should hand over all 48 residing and deceased hostages inside a 72-hour window that started Friday night time native time.

"They're getting them, and so they're additionally getting the our bodies, roughly 28 our bodies. … It is a tragedy," Trump stated. "… I will be going to Israel . I will be talking on the Knesset, I believe early on, after which I am additionally going to Egypt."

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Egypt will host a world summit within the Pink Sea resort metropolis of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday to finalize the peace settlement. Greater than 20 world leaders, together with Trump, are anticipated to attend, an Egyptian presidential spokesperson stated Saturday, based on Reuters.

"I am going to go to Cairo, I believe that is the place we're going, versus the place of the signing," Trump told reporters. "We have now a whole lot of leaders from everywhere in the world coming too. I do know they have been invited."

Argentina's President Javier Milei, Israeli Parliament (Knesset) Speaker Amir Ohana, and Israel's President Isaac Herzog attend a session of the Israeli parliament on the Knesset headquarters in Jerusalem in June. (Menahem Kahana/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)

Trump is scheduled to return to Washington by Tuesday for the White Home ceremony honoring Kirk, who was assassinated Sept. 10 throughout an outside occasion at Utah Valley College.

"After which I am coming again, I imagine it is Tuesday night time for Charlie Kirk, a pal of mine, a pal of all of us, a pal of a whole lot of the folks proper right here," Trump stated.

The president known as the occasion a "nice celebration," noting that Erika Kirk, the activist’s widow, and lots of others shall be in attendance.

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"We're giving him the Presidential Medal of Freedom , which is the very best honor you get outdoors the Congressional Medal of Honor — one's army, one's civilian," he stated. "But it surely's the best honor, and Erika, his lovely spouse, goes to be right here and lots of people are going to be right here."

Charlie Kirk was assassinated Sept. 10 throughout an outside occasion at Utah Valley College. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Pictures)

Trump first introduced final month that he would award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously.

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"I'll quickly be awarding Charlie Kirk posthumously, the Presidential Medal of Freedom," Trump stated on the time. "The day of the ceremony shall be introduced, and I can solely assure you one factor. That we'll have a really large crowd. Very, very large."

On Thursday, Hamas agreed to a peace deal pushed by Trump to finish the struggle in Gaza and return the hostages, two years after the terrorist community attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

Sophia Compton is a Author at Fox Information Digital. Sophia was beforehand a enterprise reporter protecting finance, power and tourism and has expertise as a TV information producer. She graduated with a journalism diploma in 2021 from the College of Hawaii at Manoa.